John R.W. Stott

John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was a British Anglican priest and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.

Stott studied modern languages at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with double first-class honours in French and theology. At university, he was active in the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. After Trinity he transferred to Ridley Hall Theological College, affiliated to the University of Cambridge, to train for ordination as an Anglican cleric, and later received a Lambeth Doctorate of Divinity in 1983.

He became increasingly influential on a national and international basis, most notably being a key player in the 1966–1967 dispute about the appropriateness of evangelicals remaining in the Church of England. In 1969, he founded Langham Trust, and in 1982 the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He remained honorary president of the latter  until his death. During his presidency he gathered together leading evangelical intellectuals to shape courses and programs communicating the Christian faith into a secular context.